tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151799760990306051.post9134460924155831857..comments2019-03-21T02:59:42.074-07:00Comments on Santa Cruz Trains: Railroads of the Monterey Bay: Stations: Big TreesDerek Whaleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17715926686413316877noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151799760990306051.post-19506793404381971712018-12-27T14:04:08.883-08:002018-12-27T14:04:08.883-08:00I&#39;m seeing a 202 foot siding from the earliest...I&#39;m seeing a 202 foot siding from the earliest years to the last years. Southern Pacific must have changed their definition to include track farther from the stations, possibly overlapping with another station&#39;s claim to trackage, in order to reach such measurements. The 519 foot siding certainly wasn&#39;t an extension out here in the forest, and should be a warning for all other areas where photographic evidence is even more rare.Grantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151799760990306051.post-12435214156897461702018-02-13T13:12:07.290-08:002018-02-13T13:12:07.290-08:00The 1931 Santa Cruz County map shows a straight li...The 1931 Santa Cruz County map shows a straight line dividing the Santa Cruz County Big Trees property from the Henry Cowell Lime and Cement Company property. By 1932 there is a 2.469 acre area, purchased by Arthur Brisbane, directly across the tracks (east side) from the park. Did the county sell this piece, and what use could it have for an individual? Road access to this spot would be difficult to almost impossible. Who was Arthur Brisbane, and what were his plans?Grantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151799760990306051.post-13988856640725380132018-02-07T12:25:35.495-08:002018-02-07T12:25:35.495-08:00Now there is a better identical image online that ...Now there is a better identical image online that crops the tall trees and shows a little more detail (you probably are already looking at it), and we are speaking of the &quot;about 1890&quot; photo from the San Francisco Maritime Museum; I&#39;m suggesting that directly behind that last pole at the end of the platform, a road, fenced on both sides. <br /><br />Also, the &quot;Down the Track&quot; image - by Frank B. Rodolph, and currently on the Big Trees Landing page - shows the undulating terrain and possibly a pipe to carry water from a stream-fed holding tank down to the hotel - a gravity system for their needs.<br /><br />The 1932 map on the &#39;curiosity&#39; page shows a road, and that the hotel was north of any other buildings while being rather close to the tracks.Grantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151799760990306051.post-28453760374751740892018-02-06T16:10:22.671-08:002018-02-06T16:10:22.671-08:00I don&#39;t see what you see, Grant. I&#39;ve got ...I don&#39;t see what you see, Grant. I&#39;ve got the photo at the larger resolution and I don&#39;t see a road at the far end. This was the original station booth, built for the Welch Grove before the Hopkins Big Trees was built and the station relocated further south. The stairs down to the hotel clearing is directly behind the booth, but there&#39;s no road that I see and I wouldn&#39;t know where any road would be coming from at that location. The Big Trees Hotel was below the booth to the left.Derek Whaleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17715926686413316877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151799760990306051.post-29454800395254214242018-02-06T14:59:15.807-08:002018-02-06T14:59:15.807-08:00The black and white photo of the narrow-gauge head...The black and white photo of the narrow-gauge heading northward past the ticket booth, if one uses a larger copy of the photograph found online (or has a monitor that will enlarge the above photo sufficiently), shows a road at the far end of the platform. The Big Trees Hotel would be on that road, and above track level. Maybe I&#39;m seeing it wrong, but the road looks to be descending from some hill, possibly crossing the tracks, using a cut on the east side to circle about and meet the tracks that form the siding.Grantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151799760990306051.post-77222707752157657182013-03-31T15:55:37.711-07:002013-03-31T15:55:37.711-07:00thanks! Great readthanks! Great readAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com